Category: Road Races

Autumn Glory…

September 2nd – We held our hugely successful Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K and our new 10K – See full report on a separate post September 9th – Unusually hot weather for September but that didn’t stop these wonderful athletes from competing in the Ratoath Half Marathon – Liam Giggins, Vincent McQuillan, Michael Pentony, Daniel...

Seamie’s 5K & 10K 2023

❤️❤️❤️ On September 2nd we held our 8th Annual Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K and introduced our 1st 10K – Scroll down to follow our journey… This year we introduced our new 10K… ❤️❤️❤️ All finishers received this year’s fab new medal and had the option to buy our new T-shirt. We also introduced...

August Fun

August 4th – Enjoying the Streets of Athboy 5K. Well done to Bernie, Joan, Dave, Vincent, Leo and Ben. August 4th – Enjoying the Carlingford 5K. Well done to Barry, Shirley & David. August 11th – Congratulations to Paddy Meade who finished in the top 10 at the Kells Heritage 5K Run. Supper...

Jolly July 2023

July 3rd – Our Couch 2 5K is back in preparation for Seamie’s 5K on September 2nd and here’s Danny supervising all the keys on our first night, Monday, July 3rd. July 5th – Congratulations to Michael who challenged himself to run in the Oldcastle 5K. Well done Michael. July 8th – Congratulations...

Summer fun for our Adult Members…

June 4th – Congratulations to Ashling O’Malley, Teresa Ludden and Michelle Lynch who ran the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon on one of the hottest days of the summer, a super achievement…. Well done Ladies. June 10th – What a day, lots of running at the Glenmore Challenge Running Festival with plenty of choices, a...

MAY 2023 – running into the summer!

May 1st – Super running from Frank Meade and Leo Farrell in the Royal County 10K in Kells. Both men came 2nd and 3rd respectively in their category. Well done Gentlemen. May 1st – The Ballapousta Fun Run – This lovely local 5K was held on Bank Holiday Monday and our members enjoyed....

April 2023 – Lots of running this month including the Belfast City Marathon…

April 2nd – Congratulations to our members who thoroughly enjoyed Carrick Aces Credit Union 5K, a lovely atmosphere, super organised. Well done Everyone. April 10th – Husband and wife, Vincent and Joan McQuillan enjoying the Dundalk Gaels 5K. Well done to you both. April 16th – The fantastic 5 – Congratulations to Paddy,...

☘️ And they’re on the March again!!!

March 4th – Loving the Carlingford Half Marathon & 10K – A jolly bunch of our members headed to the scenic Carlingford hills on March 4th and thoroughly enjoyed themselves – Fantastic running, especially from the ‘new to half marathon’ gang and wonderful support too from other members along the way. Lots of...

The Amazing Leo Farrell

❤️❤️❤️ On February 25th Leo Farrell ran his 150th parkrun. Leo has enjoyed and supported parkruns in Ireland and around the world for 9 years and it’s anyone’s guess how many cross country and road races he’s done in that time too! no doubt it’s pretty impressive. Congratulations Leo you are an inspiration...

February Running… ❤️

February 25th – A busy day for our members… While Sarah and her son Sachin enjoyed the Glyde Rangers GFC 5K in Tallanstown a group of our members (Vincent, Joan, Emma W., David T., David S., Frank, Pauline, Peter, Orlaith, Emma McE., Daniel, Brian, Ben, Evie, Alan and Teresa) enjoyed the Fitzers 5K...